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...them is Dr. James T. Cleland, professor of preaching at Duke University Divinity School and preacher to the university. Last year Dr. Cleland delivered the first Frederic Rogers Kellogg lectures at the Cambridge (Mass.) Episcopal Theological School. His subject: preaching. Last week the lectures were published under the title. The True and Lively Word (Scribner; $2.50). "They are offered." writes Cleland in his fore word, "as an ecumenical gesture, delivered to Episcopalians by a Presbyterian who works [at Duke] for Methodists...
...Enough." Preacher Cleland, 50. is a rugged, grizzle-headed Scot whose deep-set eyes seem to be laughing most of the time. When it is announced that he will be preaching at the Duke chapel, students, faculty members and townsfolk get there 30 minutes early. They come to hear a man who uses his high-pitched voice like a musical instrument, whose rhythm, range and change of pace are far beyond the capabilities of mine-run preachers. But even more, they come to hear a man who uses his head and heart...
...when the minister sees the Christian world view penetrating an immediately relevant human situation," he writes, "that a sermon is born." Cleland finds his "relevant human situations" wherever he happens to be; his sermons to Duke students are likely to take off from yesterday's classroom, last night's fraternity dance or Saturday's basketball game. They are peppered with anecdotes, delivered with fine timing...
This Reckless Breed of Men, by Robert Glass Cleland. A lively, well-documented tribute to the bold, restless, beaver-trapping mountain men whose exploits (1820-40) helped to push the frontier across the Rocky Mountains and into the Far West. First-rate Americana (TIME, April...
This Reckless Breed of Men, by Robert Glass Cleland. A lively, well-documented tribute to the bold, restless, beaver-trapping mountain men whose exploits (1820-40) helped to push the frontier across the Rocky Mountains and into the Far West. First-rate Americana (TIME, April...